“Hanneke's narrative voice brilliantly captures the hopes, fears and indecisions of a girl who has been forced to grow up too fast.”
“Planning out the right words takes time: Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.”
“When you look at traditions closely, examine what they really are, you realize they're made up of layers and layers of deferrals, delays, indecisions, tomorrows and long lunches.”